We seek to not only listen to diverse opinions but also to represent this with balance in our governance structure. Representatives from the private and public sector—including academia, NGO’s, and the industry — serve on the ASC Supervisory Board and we aim to maintain an equal balance always.
The ASC also convenes a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) that guides both the ASC Supervisory Board. The group focuses on technical matters related to the ASC programme such as the farm standards, chain of custody and certification and accreditation requirements. Members are selected for their technical expertise and, as before, a balance of industry and non-industry representatives are sought.
Technical Working Groups and Steering Committees will also be convened from time to time to ensure the ASC has formal guidance from multiple stakeholders for specific standards or process updates. Currently, the ASC has a Technical Working Group on Group Certification Requirements and a Steering Committee for Feed Standard Development.
The ASC Supervisory Board
Two new industry representatives are being recruited.
representatives
Øyvind Oaland
Mowi Global Director for Research and Development
Ally Dingwall
Aquaculture and Fisheries Manager, Sainsbury's
Scott Nichols (chair)
CEO & Founder, Food's Future
José Villalon
Corporate Sustainability Director, Nutreco
representatives
Meghan Jeans (vice-chair)
Director of Conservation, New England Aquarium
Katrina Nakamura
founder, Sustainability Incubator
Ha Do Thuy
Hand in Hand Sweden
Merrielle Macleod
Manager on the WWF-US Aquaculture team, Aquaculture, World Wildlife Fund
Technical Advisory Group
representatives
Petter Arnesen (chair)
The Norwegian Federation of Industries
Neil Sims
Kampachi Farms
representatives
Dane Klinger
Conservation International
Rochelle Zaid
Social Accountability International
representatives
Alejandro Buschmann
Universidad de Los Lagos
Peter Cook
University of Western Australia
Halley Froelich
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) [USA]
Kevan Main
Mote Marine Laboratory
Crawford Revie
University of Strathclyde
Peter Tydemers
Dalhousie University
Claudia Venegas
VESO Chile
Wei Wei You
Xiamen University
representatives (non-voting)
Paul Macintyre
Lloyds Register
Steering Committee - Feed Standard Development
representatives
Trygve Berg-Lea
Skretting Group
Eduardo Goycoolea
Blumar Seafoods/GSI Partner
Vidar Gundersen
Biomar
Tor Eirik Homme
Grieg Seafood/GSI Partner
Andrew Jackson
IFFO
Dawn Purchase
Marine Conservation Society
Dave Robb
Cargill
Liu Yi-Sung
Grobest Vietnam
Pichaiyut Tachapong
CP Thailand
Ally Dingwall
Aquaculture and Fisheries Manager, Sainsbury's
representatives
Piers Hart
WWF-UK
Blake Lee-Harwood
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Michael Philips
World Fish Center
Johan Verburg
Oxfam Novib